List of heads of state of the Comoros
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This article lists the heads of state of the Comoros, since the country gained independence from France in 1975.
Term limits
A new constitution, approved in the 2018 constitutional referendum, allows the president to run for two consecutive five-year terms. Previously during the time of the Union of the Comoros, there was a one-term rotational system in place to share the presidency between Anjouan, Grande Comore, and Mohéli.[1]
List of officeholders
State of the Comoros (1975–1978)
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Title | Term of office | Party | Election | Government | Ref. | |||
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| 1 | File:Portait officiel du président Abdallah (cropped).jpg | Ahmed Abdallah (1919–1989)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
President of the Government (until 7 July 1975)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
6 July 1975 | 3 August 1975 | Template:Ayd | rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Comorian Democratic Union | ― | Abdallah I | |
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| 2 | File:No image.png | Said Mohamed Jaffar (1918–1993)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Chairman of the National Council of the Revolution (until 10 August 1975)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
3 August 1975 | 3 January 1976 | Template:Ayd | rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Democratic Rally of the Comorian People | ― | National Council of the Revolution | |
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| 3 | File:No image.png | Ali Soilih (1937–1978)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Head of State (until 28 October 1977)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
3 January 1976 | 13 May 1978 | Template:Ayd | rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Democratic Rally of the Comorian People | ― | ― | |
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| 4 | File:No image.png | Said Atthoumani | Chairman of the Politico-Military Directorate | 13 May 1978 | 23 May 1978 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | ― | ― | |
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Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros (1978–2001)
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Union of the Comoros (2001–present)
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Term of office | Party | Election | Government | Ref. | |||
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| (7) | File:President Azali Assoumani.jpg | Colonel Azali Assoumani (born 1959)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
23 December 2001 | 21 January 2002 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Army of National Development | ― | ― | |
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| ― | File:Hamada Madi 2018.jpg | Hamada Madi (born 1965) actingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21 January 2002 | 26 May 2002 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Republican Party | ― | Madi | [2] |
| (7) | File:President Azali Assoumani.jpg | Azali Assoumani (born 1959)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
26 May 2002 | 26 May 2006 | Template:Age in years years | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros | 2002 | Assoumani I | |
| 8 | File:Sambi.jpg | Ahmed Sambi (born 1958)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
26 May 2006 | 26 May 2011 | Template:Age in years years | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | 2006 | Sambi | |
| 9 | File:Ikililou Dhoinine 2012.jpg | Ikililou Dhoinine (born 1962)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
26 May 2011 | 26 May 2016 | Template:Age in years years | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Baobab Movement | 2010 | Dhoinine | |
| (7) | File:President Azali Assoumani.jpg | Azali Assoumani (born 1959)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
26 May 2016 | 13 February 2019 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros | 2016 | Assoumani II | |
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13 February 2019 | 3 April 2019 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros | ― | ― | |
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3 April 2019 | Incumbent | Template:Ayd | rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros | 2019 | Assoumani III | |
| 2024 | Assoumani IV | |||||||||
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Timeline
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Succession
Article 58[3] of the Comorian Constitution states that "in case of absolute absence of a President" the following should happen:
- If the absence (death, resignation, etc.) should occur within the first 900 days of the term, the cabinet ministers and other members of the government select among the ministers a "main minister" to serve as Interim President. Elections must also be called in no more than 60 days after the absence of the President occurs; the person who wins those elections will be president for the remainder of the original five-year presidential term.
- If the absence should occur beyond the first 900 days of the term, then the Governor of the island currently holding the presidency will assume the presidency until the end of the original five-year presidential term, at which point regular elections are held.
Latest election
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See also
- History of the Comoros
- Politics of the Comoros
- List of sultans in the Comoros
- List of colonial governors of the Comoros
- List of prime ministers of the Comoros
- Vice-President of the Comoros
References
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External links
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